Hudson Valley Astrologer

“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame.” William Butler Yeats Road trips happen all the time, but the most memorable leave an indelible impression on the psyche that…

“I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.” Lewis Black Yesterday I did something extraordinary. It took all day! So, I’m in no mood to talk about snacking, and especially just after the holidays which reversed some of the progress I’d made through much of the rest of the…

“What did the flour say to the starter?”* Unknown Sourdough bread making is all the range of late, but I’ve been at it for a while. To be fair my bread making slowed to a crawl for too long, but then I had dinner with a friend. She served the most amazing bread for dinner.…

“I see only the eye of the fish.” Arjuna I can still recall the bow and arrow that I got for my birthday when I turned 7 (Saturn’s opening square). The strangest thing came over me. I knew I’d had a bow and arrow before, but didn’t pay any mind to that thought because all…

Nuevo Camino How to Start a Revolution “Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is really an Old Mission. You are to start a revolution in the way people learn and discuss astrology.” A powerful Saturn Station occurred on November 15 at 12♓︎42’ which marked the end of the apparent backward motion or retrograde…

“Do you really want to live forever?” ~ Marion Gold The first thought that comes to mind whenever I hear the issue of longevity come up is that Claudius Ptolemy the extraordinary polymath from Ancient Greece, discussed techniques for predicting the end-of-life in his book Tetrabiblos. Ancient astrologers identified a point called the proragator along…

“True knowledge is not attained by thinking. It is what you are; it is what you become.” ~ Sri Aurobindo If you find yourself driving anywhere in Dutchess County, New York in the beautiful Hudson Valley, you might get stuck behind a transit bus. Just before blaring on the horn in frustration and anger you…

“Error is the price we pay for progress…” ~ Alfred North Whitehead The big hullabaloo in astrological circles these days centers around multiple outer planets changing signs. When a planet moves into the next sign we say it is making its “ingress.” There is an impressive array of ingresses beginning with Pluto, which recently moved…

“Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment.” ~ Ticht Nhat Hanh When I first reached for a representative quote to encapsulate the difference between the past and future, I thought of the book called The Power of Now. I mistakenly…

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” — George Bernard Shaw Sitting in a class room many years ago, I was an unlikely academic. My persona then wore a tough guy scowl, hidden behind long waves of blond hair that hung down in front of my face.…